| In 1965 Paul C. Fisher, president of Fisher Space Pen | | | | leakage are eliminated. It's the perfect pen to throw |
| Co., sent his pen to Houston Space Center and | | | | into your lightweight luggage as you plan your trip. It |
| NASA began testing it. Astronauts had been using | | | | can be used to mark a map for navigation, and it will |
| pencils for note taking, but the graphite used in | | | | write on coated stock golf scorecards. You can write |
| pencils could break off and float around the cabin. | | | | in the rain and all other weather conditions, making it |
| This lead could become lodged in electrical switches | | | | perfect for canoers, hikers, campers, fishermen and |
| and jeopardize their personal safety as well as the | | | | snowmobiles. |
| mission. The pen was put through 18 months of | | | | It's perfect to be kept along with your other travel |
| rigorous testing subsequently approving it for use on | | | | accessories because of its reliability. Emergency |
| a trial mission in outer space. By 1968 the Fisher | | | | medical services, earth and rescue personnel, |
| Space Pen was issued to astronauts for all manned | | | | ambulance paramedics, helicopter tactical retrieval |
| space flights. It is still in use today on all American | | | | units and E.R. trauma staff use it. Mountain climber's |
| and Russian flights. Many of us were first introduced | | | | benefit from the rugged reliability and of the Space |
| to this pen on a Seinfeld episode, "The Pen." It has | | | | Pen as it will not be affected by any weather |
| also been on The Tonight Show, when Carl Reiner | | | | conditions encountered during a climb. It has been |
| presented the pen on-air to Johnny Carson. It's been | | | | used during the Everest North Face Ski Expedition. |
| featured on a segment of the Travel Channel's | | | | The pen is not affected by dirt, grease, or cold |
| popular series "John Ratzenberger's Made in America." | | | | weather. Law enforcement must be able to function |
| The Bullet pen has been part of the permanent | | | | under all operating conditions, and the FBI, U.S. Navy |
| collection of New York's MoMA where it has been | | | | Seals, U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Thunderbirds pilots, and |
| exhibited for years, having been cited as an | | | | Canadian Snowbirds 431AD Squadron use the Space |
| outstanding example of "exquisite industrial design." | | | | Pen. It will write on carbonless paper, and through |
| The pen is perfect for corporate gifts because it can | | | | fingerprints. It is listed as "Most Versatile Pen' in the |
| be laser engraved or silk-screened with a company | | | | Guinness World Records. The pen is visible on rubber, |
| logo or an individual's initials. It novelty and | | | | leather, and other dark surfaces making it a natural |
| dependability insures that it is well received and | | | | for contractors, carpenters, electricians, construction |
| appreciated by men and women alike. | | | | and inspection personnel. The Space Pen is even used |
| The compact size of this chrome "bullet" style pen | | | | by the Jacques Cousteau Society as well as many |
| makes this pen very handy. Closed the pen is a mere | | | | recreational and professional scuba divers. |
| 3.75 inches (95mm), and open it measures 5.25 inches | | | | This is the ideal pen to tuck away in your briefcase |
| (133mm.) However, it's the cartridge thats makes it | | | | or attache case. It will comfortably fit in smaller |
| different from every other ballpoint pen. The Fisher | | | | leathergoods such as wallets or checkbook cases. |
| Space Pen will write in extreme temperatures (-30 | | | | While the pen became famous because they are |
| degrees to +250 degrees Fahrenheit). It will also | | | | used in outer space, their popularity is due to their |
| write underwater, and at any angle, even upside | | | | dependability. Nurses and doctors value the Fisher |
| down. It will write on photographs, wet surfaces, and | | | | Space Pen when recording information in critical |
| through grease. Ordinary ballpoint pens rely on gravity | | | | application. The pen will write on X-ray film and other |
| for ink flow. The Fisher Space Pen uses a cartridge | | | | glossy surfaces. It is even capable of recording vital |
| pressurized at nearly 35 pounds per square inch. Ink | | | | signs on latex gloves without tearing the glove. The |
| is fed continuously to the tungsten carbide ball, | | | | pen is also available with a neck chain as a fashion |
| allowing the user to write at any angle. The stainless | | | | statement for the ladies. With timeless design and |
| steel precision socket prevents leaking yet delivers | | | | unparalleled dependability the Fisher space pen can |
| uniform ink flow. Evaporation, wasted ink and back | | | | accompany you to the moon and beyond. |